Seafood pancake from Ilsong Garden, one of San Antonio's favorite Korean restaurants for more than a decade.

Seafood pancake from Ilsong Garden, one of San Antonio's favorite Korean restaurants for more than a decade.

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Banchan (small veggie side dishes) from Ilsong Garden, one of San Antonio's favorite Korean restaurants for more than a decade.

Banchan (small veggie side dishes) from Ilsong Garden, one of San Antonio's favorite Korean restaurants for more than a decade.

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Bulgogi pork from Korean restaurant Ilsong Garden.

Bulgogi pork from Korean restaurant Ilsong Garden.

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Shrimp and vegetable tempura at Ilsong Garden.

Shrimp and vegetable tempura at Ilsong Garden.

Photo: SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

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Popular Korean restaurant Ilsong Garden sold

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The owners of the popular Korean restaurant Ilsong Garden in Castle Hills announced this week that they've sold the restaurant.

Tom Cacy, who with his wife, chef Young Cacy, opened Ilsong Garden in 2006, told customers about the sale in an email on Wednesday:

"After 20 years in the San Antonio restaurant business, chef Young has entered into retirement with the sale of Ilsong Garden," the email said. "We would like to thank... our loyal customers for your dedication. You all will be missed."

The new owner, Ande Kang, has been studying under chef Young for the past six months. Kang said everything will stay the same for Ilsong Garden -- the name, the menu and especially the vegetable seafood pancakes.

Ilsong Garden won the Express-News 2016 Readers' Choice award for Best Korean, and then-critic Edmund Tijerina named its seafood pancake one of the 10 Best Dishes of 2015.

Young Cacy has been cooking in San Antonio since 1997, when she opened the Petit Gourmet. She also opened Go Hyang Jib Korean BBQ House in 2000, which the family sold to focus on Ilsong Garden.